fadedarcher93
New Member
Hello.
I’ve been a self-employed carpenter for 20 years now, and while I don’t hate it, the days are a mix—some feel good, others weigh on me. I know I’m good at what I do, and over the years I’ve built a genuinely strong reputation with clients and builders.
Recently, I went through the recruitment process to become a firefighter, and I was accepted to start training. It’s something I’ve always believed would be a truly meaningful job, and I feel it would give me so much more satisfaction.
I own my own home—well, the bank owns half of it—and I’ve been slowly, carefully renovating it.
The last six months have been really up and down with work. I think it’s mostly the cost of living, inflation, that kind of thing.
I’ll be taking a pretty big pay cut during the training, and I’m honestly worried about keeping up with hte mortgage. I plan to keep my carpentry business going so I can take on some jobs in my time off from firefighting.
I guess I’m just interested in hearing other people’s honest thoughts on my situation… I’m 39.
I’ve been a self-employed carpenter for 20 years now, and while I don’t hate it, the days are a mix—some feel good, others weigh on me. I know I’m good at what I do, and over the years I’ve built a genuinely strong reputation with clients and builders.
Recently, I went through the recruitment process to become a firefighter, and I was accepted to start training. It’s something I’ve always believed would be a truly meaningful job, and I feel it would give me so much more satisfaction.
I own my own home—well, the bank owns half of it—and I’ve been slowly, carefully renovating it.
The last six months have been really up and down with work. I think it’s mostly the cost of living, inflation, that kind of thing.
I’ll be taking a pretty big pay cut during the training, and I’m honestly worried about keeping up with hte mortgage. I plan to keep my carpentry business going so I can take on some jobs in my time off from firefighting.
I guess I’m just interested in hearing other people’s honest thoughts on my situation… I’m 39.
